Surgical Care that Begins Before Birth

The care of these babies begins prenatally when pediatric surgeons meet with expecting families to counsel them regarding anomalies that may have been discovered during prenatal screening. In some instances there are steps that can be taken to treat these babies while they are still in the womb. In other situations, the prenatal visits are used to plan and prepare for the operation that will be needed after birth.

The Best Facilities and Resources

Our state of the art operating rooms and neonatal intensive care unit (completed in 2010) provided the latest advances in caring for children.

All Children’s Hospital also has the region’s busiest ECMO program, a technology that help babies with heart and lung problems survive the initial few days of life until they can be stabilized.

In addition, for babies that are not born on the All Children’s campus, we have a specialized transport team that can go out to other hospitals to bring the little patients in for the specialized care they need.

Specialized Knowledge and Experience

Our surgical division has a clinical focus on neonatal surgery. All of surgeons have specialized training for operating on newborns and years of experience in addressing the numerous congenital or acquired problems in infants that require an operation. Some of these conditions include:

Tracheo-esophageal fistula

Diaphragmatic hernia

Congenital lung lesions

Gastroschesis

Omphalocele

Malrotation of the intestines

Intestinal atresias

Annular pancreas

Gut duplications

Ano-rectal malformations

Hirschsprung’s disease

Vascular access

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Appointments and More Information

For more information, visit Pediatric General Surgery. To make an appointment or to ask questions, please call (727) -767-4170.